bas-relief

Example Sentences

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These people were the unwitting models for his bas-relief sculpture of a Black Jesus breaking bread with 12 Black apostles.

From Washington Post

They include an imposing obelisk outside Rome's Olympic stadium that bears his name, and a bas-relief of Mussolini in the modernist Eur district that the fascists built to celebrate the 20th anniversary of their march.

From Reuters

Through various media, including drawings, film, and bas-relief, Mr. Abdessemed evokes war, displacement and devastation.

From New York Times

And yet, since 1965 a small bas-relief bearing an armed, hooded figure and the words “Ku Klux Klan” has been visible on an 11-foot-tall bronze triptych, dedicated to World War II and Korea veterans, at the entrance to West Point’s Bartlett Hall.

From Washington Post

The music room to the left of the foyer has parquet flooring, leaded-glass windows and a floor-to-ceiling mirror surrounded with gilded bas-relief sculptures that are repeated in plaques above the indoor fishpond.

From Washington Post